BONUS... Mindset Video

The most important thing I've learned in the past to help me be in control of my thoughts, is to ask better questions.... Let me elaborate, before you think I'm crazy! If you can watch the video now before you read on that might help!

Your brain is constantly receiving information from all around, things you see, hear, feel, smell etc and then creating a representation of those things for you, that you can consciously interpret, evaluate, relate to, judge, classify or organise in your head and add those thoughts to your internal 'database' if you like.

Ok so we've got that bit out of the way... Now the brain is pretty impressive, if we ask it something it'll generally search through its database and give us an answer, if we truly consider the question.

For example if I ask 'Why can't run 3.30 for a marathon?' Then, if I was in the position where I hadn't done that before, I'll get a whole range of answers why I can't (or haven't yet done) do that. Eg I'm not naturally that fast, I'm not from X club, I can't train like a full time athlete, it'll take too long to train for that etc etc

If you were to ask yourself Why do I always feel tired? then likely you'll get answers in your head like, not enough hours in the day, it's because you don't sleep enough, you are always racing around busy doing things, you didn't eat very well today, work was stressful.... etc etc...

If we change the questions we ask ourselves, we will get different answers.....So ... now we ask ourselves...Suppose it was possible... How could I run a 3.30 marathon? (Insert relevant time)Now our answers would come out, I need to add (specific) speed training to my week, I can work on my technique, I can train more consistently etc etc

If we get better answers that then will make us feel different and open us up to the solutions and possibilities, it will put us in a more resourceful state... Remember there's always more than one possibility.

So instead of asking yourself during a raceWhy have I got no energy? ask yourselfWhat can I do to get more energy?

See how the answers were different, one of those choices has a much better outcome, it's incredibly easy to hit a downward spiral of thoughts if you tell yourself you've got no energy, telling yourself that, or that it's a bad day etc isn't very productive, ESPECIALLY during a race, you've basically just given up mentally and likely would most likely just jog on to the finish line with a feeling of disappointment! Whereas asking 'What can I do to feel more energetic?' Will give you much more productive answers that you can work with to get you to the finish line faster!

The longer the race, the more this comes into play, this strategy alone has got me through the majority of ultras I've done where things haven't panned out exactly as planned or expected. Please give this a try, you might even think of a time right now where you've done this yourself in one way or another!

The evaluative questions such as, after a race where we didn't meet expectations asking 'What went wrong?', we can focus on after the race once we have finished then we are able to take the list of answers and ask ourselves 'How can I improve next time?' to gain a practical solution for performing better in the future!

If you haven't already please watch the video to help you get a better understanding for the technique, we're all using a version of this without thinking about it anyway. It may as well make us feel and perform better on a day to day basis right?

Obviously to achieve the goal you are after, you need relevant fitness, but all the fitness in the world will be no good to you if your mind 'isn't in it on the day'

Hi, Charlie here. I've dedicated my coaching and training business to help runners who are already running a few times per week. Usually they have seen some good progress but feel like they have either hit a bit of a plateau, become stuck in a rut or just feel a bit frustrated at how slow they are now progressing, despite often putting a lot of time and effort in to training.

I know it's sometimes difficult as there is so much conflicting information around, one friend might be doing one thing and another friend doing something totally different, my goal is to make it as simple and clear as possible to move forward now. If you'd prefer to see your speed, stamina and strength increasing, YOUR race times coming down WITHOUT running taking up ALL your free time you're in the right place!

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It's likely I can help you if you would you like to✓Run faster﻿ ✓Build a stronger body without getting bulky✓ Learn how to condition the body effectively﻿ ✓Increase fitness and feel less fatigue✓Run better on hills, up and down✓See big improvements to your race day performances✓Become more efficient with a smoother technique ✓Gain more confidence on all terrainand... If you have a desire to improve!

I probably can't help you though if...- You are happy at your current level and have no desire to improve- If you don't want running to feel easier and you don't want to feel stronger- If you want to knock an hour off your marathon PB in the next 7 days or increase your fitness without doing any training, again, if that sounds like you, I am probably not the right person to help you.

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